Union working garment



. L. F. M-ETCALB UNION WORKING GARMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAR; 23, I921.

Patenwamr. 28, 1922.

L. F. METVCALF.

UNION WORKING GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.23, 1921.

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or Gamma, AI1AL- omen WOHIIIG'GAWIV To all whom'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Loom F, METCALF, acitizen of the United States, I residing at Greenville, in the county of Butler and State ofAlabania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Union Working Garments, of whichth'e following-is a speci- The, present invention, relates to union workingsuits, that is to say,- a one piecein dirty work williwear. The object of the shape and which can be easily invention is to produce aunion overall gars merit which will be neat in appearance, easy to manufacture,- which will have good wearresisting properties and which will hold its put on; and

taken'a'ofi' by the user. I l Theaccompanying drawings show the Rue portant novel-features; I Figure isfa front view-of the garment spread ,Figure '2 is a rear view of the same, a portion of the beck-being broken away to more 'fullyshow the-back flap of the coa t portion. Figure 3 isadeta-iled view of the si-de,-the back flap of the trousers portion beingbroken away torshowthe-downwardly extending back flap of the coat-portion. Figure 4 is a sectional view-onflline- 4- 1 of Figure 1 showing the pocket," the reinforcement; of the breast portion ofth-e coat above the pocket and the button for holding the front end of the susponders. 'Figu're5 is a section-of the outside edge of the trousers portion, showing the back-portion of the trousers "overlapping the front portion thereof,- the two being 1 joined in a felled seam. Figure 6; is a section showing the belt and the manner of attaching the belttothecoa't and to the trousers portion, this section being, taken, for ex;-

' ample on the line 6 6- of Figure Figure 7 is asection on the line 7-7 of Fig.2, and

shows a preferred manner of forming the neck-bandar'id collar. Figure 8"is'e'front- View of amodifiedform, showing a sewedron bib portion. Figure 9is a inodified .form

of theback portion, showing the back flap and suspenders made integral with each ends bei Specification of meme, i Pat ntd Mar; 3, "1922, Application fled Karat, 1012i.v semi 1104,61

wards,"the belt itself being integral at the sides, and back flap being providedwith button which on age buttons 10 for closingthe some, The ack flapll extends upwards ashort distance above the waist line in back and is attached to suspenders 12 vwhich go over the shoulders, fliefront tons 1 3, or example by the wire buttonholes 14 carried on the front ends-of the suspenders. At -15 is an adjustable buckle capable of beingattached to but 1 whereby length of the suspenders may i be adjusted according to the proportions of the wearer). At 16 are shown reinforce 1 In'ents placed above the breast pockets, the

ini all around the -sauna. If desired on the lo I hand side of the coat the of the element 16, the top of the pocket and the material of the coat itself may-be all stitched togeether, this pocket being opened on the si' Completely encircling the body on the inside of the garment is the belt 18, this belt being broken only at the front and a button 191being provided cooperating with a but-' tonhole to" securely fasten the same when the garmentis put on. The belt isfstitdied at its. upper and lower margins latter being turned in asshown inFiguue 6, this belt greetlfv:9 strengthmln'g the entire structure,

'A v ature of importance in making the ggrmentinsuch a way that it will hold its shape well is the provision of seams in the trousers both on, the insideextending from; the crotch down to the bottom end on the outside extending from thelower edge of the opening 21-down to the bottom, Thisroutside'seam 22 is particularly shown in Figure 5. In saidfigure 23 Y represents the back portion of the leg of the garment and representsthe front portion It will be noted that this is a felled seem, the port 23-over1apping and the edge of this being brought back'ou-tside of the 'element 16 onthe ri hthand side of the V I being stitched to t coat portion, foreramplejby a double line of stitching extend- Y front *portion 2 41 and the edge of 24 ,is brought forward inside of'23 butoutside of the lapped over edge portions thereof. The

seam, i th n fin ed, ya v.. .b 110 f stitching which gives great strengthtofthe leg portions and the two seams referred to serve to prevent the legs fromi-getting out:

of shape due to the strains to which the g ar--- ment will necessarily be subjected during ordinary wear. 7 U

In the rear of the coat, and inside of the flap 11, is a downwardly extending flap 25,

' this flap extending "acrossthe' back of the body from 'thejside' openingon one side to the side opening on the other side. This piece "is completely concealed bythe up-' wardlycxtending flap' 11 of the trousers when in use: On the back of the-hips are sewed the ordinary pockets 26 in the'usual 27 represents the openings 'of{ the front pockets,"the upper ends of the pocketsthenr selves being stitched in withthe'bottoni of the belti- The coat body is preferably made of' four pieces,twohalf-fronts '30 and 31; and two half-backs 32 and: 33, stitched together as shown.

a 1 At the'top'of the coat-is a double neck d; o p ran infler band 34,

i outer *band'3 5,to whichfare preferably"attached' a-double; collar36' "Themanner of I assembling theseis clearly shown in Fig 7 ure The; sleeveswere referably" provided with'ffront {Seams 40 and back seams 4:1. At

the cuff is a split or -opening42,buttonsf43 and being "provided for closing the same.

" "A modification of the upper part of the frontiof the garment is shown, inFigureS of the drawings, this'modific'ation' showing abibonthe'gfront ofthe jacket portion. This bib "preferably carr'ies side pockets, the

' openings "of which are illus'tra'te'd at 50, the

edge ofthe'bib above'thep'ockets, and across the top'being stitchedto the jacket. The bib is split at 51', to aline with the split 52 i'nthe'jacket proper, and the edges of the s lit'of the bib are s'titchedto thefledges of t 'e' split of the jacket. As shown, the but- 7 ton rarer attachmentof the suspender's, is

'attachedcloseto the top' of the bib,"'near the corners. These -buttons are preferably attachedby, a rivet-"extending through both vbib and. coat, to give greater strength and rigidity. Additional-tab pockets may, if desired,be' placed on the bib, as shown at 52'.

These arepreferably stitched to the bib but greatest strain. comes, andhence makes the garment more durable as well as giving greater firmness to the front of the garment.

- A- further modification which is also fre- 'guently useful is that shown Figure '9, which is: a view ofthe upwardly extending .1 iback flapofthe trousers. In this construe- .tion, the back flap 54 is made integral with the suspenders, thereby doing away with the seam connecting these, and the lines of flap and the suspenders.

The pockets provided asshown in the different'figures are suitably provided with o enings. The right hand breast pocketin -igl 1 may have ant-opening at its top as stitching shown greatlystrengthen the back shown at'60. The left hand breast pocket may have an opening at'its side as shown at 61. A small-side pocket ontherighthand side of. the leg of the garment may be provided as shownat62, this pocket opening at 63. Above the right hand pocket in the 7' 3 front of the trousers portion there may, if desired, be provided a small pocket with an opening at 64;, for holding small articles such as matches and the like, As shown in Fig. 2, the rear pockets 26 are openat their tops s shown in Fig. 8,"the pocket 52' may pe t 66. l g V tonholemay be provided at '68.: This but-.

breast 7 ton hole may be used to acc the fend of a watch-chain, thewatch'being carriedfor example thebreast pocket 52' lclaimy Q 1 i 1.1'A) union working garment comprising a coat; ortion and a trousers portion, and a belt stitched thereto, completely encircling the body,"the'coat portion being p'rovided with a rearfiap extending downwardly from the belt, the trousers portion being provided witha back flap extending upwardly and carrying suspenders, fastening means; on the front of the chest of'the coat portion to which such suspenders maybe attached; the fabric of the coat being reinforced in proximity to said fastening means, the trousers lportion being provided with felled outside seams, the back partof the trousers overlapping the front part thereof, an overlap ping buttoned fly at each (side, including the belt and extending downwardlytherefrom,-

the back '2. In aw orking' garment, 'atrousers 51 tion having seams on the outer sides of'the portion overlapping the fronti tionin said fly." 1 w 7 1egs,-said seams being formed by overlap ping the rear leg portion upon the front leg portion nearly'up to-the waist line, to; leave aside opening, the rear of said trousers portion being provided with a drop seat the edges of which are adapted to overlap the corresponding'portion of thefrontat about the waist line and above the bottom iof said side opening, means for securing the edges of the drop seat in such overlapped position, suspender attached to the top of said drop seat, and means for attaching the free ends of said suspenders to the front of said garment.

3. In working garments a trousers portion, having seams on the inner side of the legs and also having felled seams on the outer side of the legs, the seams at the outer.

side of the legs being formed by overlapping the rear leg portion upon the front leg p01- tion, in combination with a drop-seat carried' by the upper part of the back of the trousers. j I

4. A union working garment trousers portion and a jacket portion, the back of the trousers portion having a drop seat, suspenders attached to the top of said drop seat and passing over the shoulders, breast pockets stitched to the jacket portion, reinforcement strips stitched to the jacket portion partly below and partly above the tops of said pockets, said strips being stitched at their side edges at least to said having a pockets, such strips being stitched all around to the coat portion, and being wider at the bottom than at the top, and buttons attached to said reinforcement strips and to the coat portion near the top of such strips, to which buttons the said suspenders are attachable.

5. A union working garment having aj trousers portion and a jacket portion, the back of the trousers having a drop seat, suspenders attached to the top ofsaid drop seat and passing over the shoulders, breast pockets stitched to the jacket portion, reinforcement strips stitched to the jacket portion 7 partly below and partly above the tops of said pockets, said strips being stitched al around their edges to the coat portion, and

a single button attached to each of said rein-- LOUIE F. METCALF. 

